Todd's New Baby

Having a three car garage doesn't have the same meaning as it did before I had one! Todd bought a fishing boat this past week and the kids and I had the job of cleaning out one of the garage bays for the boat. It fits, but is a little sideways so we could get in the house door. I used to think three car garage meant so much room! But, when you have too much stuff, it fills up quickly! I am willing to do the work to be able to park my car in the garage so I don't get wet unloading stuff, whether it be children or groceries!

Back to the boat! Todd is one happy camper! We finally took the boat out on Saturday to Desire Lake in Renton. Who knew that Renton had so many little lakes and so close by?! Our maiden voyage was far from ideal. With three loud mouthed children telling their father how to unload a boat in shallow water was almost too much for the three quiet fishermen sitting on the dock! It is quite shocking to hear how much noise reflects off the water. I was shushing my kids the whole time! We made it to the middle of the lake and Bryant proceeds to tell us he has to "pee and pooh". Great! We told him he had to hold it. Todd is not praying in this photo, well maybe he is, but he is tying a fly onto his fly rod, Taylor is watching for fish and Sydney stole my magazine!

Bryant was sooooo bored! All he did was walk around the boat reaching over the side to touch the water! I thought for sure he'd go overboard. I must remember to put some towels in the boat next time out, just in case...

Todd finally took Bryant and I back to the dock so Bry could pee. Then they headed back out and we stayed in the truck. The kid was bouncing off the walls! Every time he eats and it doesn't matter what, healthy or not, he suddenly has enormous amounts of energy! Before we got to land, Taylor caught the first fish. Isn't he gorgeous? She makes her dad get the fish from the water, but then will happily hold it for a photo! Crazy girl! She caught two for the day and Todd got zero. We were expecting so much more as they had recently stocked the lake with 6,000 fish. What a beautiful, windy day and a happy daughter.